Hey all,
Please take 5 minutes and go to this website (
http://shutdowncayugapower.weebly.com/ ) to submit a comment to the public
service commission and governor Cuomo against repowering the Cayuga Plant
with fracked gas. Each day has hard hitting talking points to include!
In solidarity,
Sam
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From: Irene Weiser irene32...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 12:31 PM
Subject: [ROUSE] DAY 4: Build Infrastructure for the future
To: ROUSE t-ro...@googlegroups.com, ShaleShock shalesh...@yahoogroups.com,
SO sustainableots...@lists.riseup.net
*DAY 4 CAYUGA POWER PLANT SHUT DOWN CAMPAIGN -**Please forward this
message to keep our campaign growing!!*
The issue of what to do with the Cayuga Plant centers on the need for a
reliable source of electricity, especially for users such as the Nucor
steel plant in Auburn. This is particularly a problem on hot summer days.
*THERE IS NO GOOD REASON FOR THE CONVERSION:* Since the use of coal has
made the Cayuga Plant financially non-competitive, the owners are proposing
to keep the plant open and convert it to run on natural gas. This
conversion will be very expensive (up to $500,000,000) and will require
building an 18 mile pipeline to bring natural gas to the plant. In
addition, if the price of natural gas rises, as many expect it to do, the
plant could again become non-competitive.
*BUILDING NEW TRANSMISSION LINES MAKES MORE SENSE:* NYSEG has submitted an
analysis of this possible conversion and have stated that the real problem
is not a lack of electrical supply but rather that of transmission. They
recommend that a new power line be constructed and an old one be upgraded.
The cost will be a fraction of the cost of the most efficient conversion of
the plant. If this upgrade is done there will be no need for the Cayuga
Plant.
*WHAT IS BETTER OR OUR FUTURE? *As we look to the future and plan for a
move to renewable energy resources, it is clear that the electrical grid
will need to be upgraded, eventually including a smart grid. Increasing
our fossil fuel infrastructure and dependency by converting the plant to
burning gas is expensive and moves us in the wrong direction. Upgrading
the electrical grid instead is cheaper, better for the environment, and
begins a process of enabling us to use renewable energy resources
effectively.
*ACT NOW!! *CLICK
HEREhttp://shutdowncayugapower.weebly.com/upgrade-transmission-lines.htmlto
send a message to the Public Service Commission and Governor Cuomo telling
them that you want them to invest in infrastructure for a renewable energy
future, not in fossil fuel.
Irene Weiser
Brooktondale, NY
irene32...@gmail.com
607-539-6856
*Joy to the world*
*All the boys and girls*
*Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea*
*Joy to you and me*
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